Inder J. Bahl and Mark Dayton, Tyco Electronics, M/A-COM Products

A Ku-band 4-bit Compact Octave Bandwidth GaAs MMIC Phase Shifter

Editor’s Note: The editorial theme for June is semiconductors, MMICs and RFICs, so we are featuring several related technical articles and product features in this month’s issue. In keeping with our Then and Now series that celebrates the Microwave Jou...

June 16, 2008

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This article presents the design approach and test results of a X-/Ku-band 4-bit compact GaAs MMIC phase shifter developed for broadband applications. The phase shifter design is based on choosing an optimum topology for each bit, yielding compact size and low insertion loss. It also has on-chip integrated digital...

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